J. L. Jackson's Gravestone Transcriptions

Mr. Jackson left a copy of his cemetery file in the Pitt County Court House before his death. In the early 1990s, Ms. Elvira Allred, the Register of Deeds, found the records and presented us with a copy. She later donated copies to the East Carolina University Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, Greenville, NC.

Mr. Jackson's handwriting, as he grew older, became increasing difficult to read, and his typing style was also difficult. This transcription represents the best we can do to decypher the notes. Notice that Mr. Jackson arranged his records in alphabetical order within each grave site.

These records, 50 years closer in time to the event, represent a treasure of information for genealogical research. William (Bill) Kittrell, in his current cemetery project, is finding that many stones, and some entire sites, no longer exist; he has also been correcting errors and comparing interpretations.

If printed, this file will generate about 90 pages of hard copy. E. Ross and R. Kammerer reserve the rights to this copy which may be used only for personal research (no publication allowed). Enjoy!

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There are quite a number of graves with no tombstones. Mr. Wainright who
lives on the farm said they were probably Nobles and others. He said that
a Tom Nobles was one of the early Nobles buried there.

The following graves are on the farm formerly belonging to Wyatt Tucker
who married Henrietta Brooks, daughter of Edwin Brooks and Martha (Patsy) Moore.
This was once Brooks land. It is about 2 and 1/2 miles south east from Winterville.